Chapter 194 The Right Bet

After the teams were divided, everyone set off immediately.

Lao Wang and his men from the third and fourth battalions followed Gu Ye. Everyone looked at each other, feeling unsure.

After walking for a while, everyone saw that Gu Ye kept walking forward as if he didn't feel tired, and he didn't even need to look at the map, so they asked curiously: "Deputy Captain Gu, have you been here before?"

Gu Ye shook his head: "No, just like you, this is my first time here."

"First time here? Then how do you know this way is closer? Captain Ma and his men have already gone into the mountains, so they should be almost there."

Upon hearing this, the third battalion commander's head almost fell to the ground, and he said dejectedly: "Then we must be behind."

The fourth battalion commander, Lao Wang, didn't think so. "Deputy Commander Gu and Uncle Zhao just talked for so long. They even talked about the terrain and roads near us. Deputy Commander Gu must be sure, right?"

Only then did Gu Ye look at Lao Wang again.

Lao Wang straightened his back instantly, his eyes shining, as if he was waiting for Gu Ye to affirm his words.

Who knew that Gu Ye only took a second look and then looked away, "Instead of talking, why don't you take a few more steps? I see you all have a lot of energy. From now on, increase your speed!"

Lao Wang and others: “…”

No, Deputy Captain Gu himself has abnormal physical strength, but they don’t!

After walking for more than an hour, they saw the mountains behind them. Old Wang's expression became more and more excited, and he kept moving closer to Gu Ye: "Deputy Captain, are we almost there? I know it. Just now, Uncle Zhao said that his daughter is married to the village we are going to. Uncle Zhao visits his grandson every year and always takes this road."

Gu Ye said "hmm".

Lao Wang instantly became as excited as a monkey.

Even the third battalion commander became excited.

It seems that what Gu Ye said about taking this road can shorten the distance by a quarter is true!

It looked like they were walking around the foot of the mountain, taking a long detour.

However, the direction of this mountain is long and narrow, and the detour is not far. All things considered, it might actually be closer than going directly through the mountain!

Moreover, the road they walked on was flat and easy to walk on, so it was not difficult at all.

When everyone saw that they had a chance to arrive ahead of schedule, they were instantly energized and all their doubts and complaints disappeared.

And from the conversation between Captain Wang and Gu Ye just now, they also discovered that Gu Ye, who always had a stern face and seemed very strict and difficult to deal with, actually had a good temper and was easy to talk to. Several people bravely started chatting with Gu Ye.

Although Gu Ye's answers were brief, he responded to every question and did not act arrogant or impatient.

Um.....sometimes the answers are too concise.

"Um"

"right"

"Not bad."

It's rare for him to answer with more than two words!

There were already people waiting at the destination village.

When Gu Ye and his team arrived, the division political commissar and his team were chatting with the local villagers.

The divisional political commissar looked at the time and estimated that it would take at least another hour for the main force to arrive, so he planned to go to the fish pond here with the captain of the local production team.

As soon as he stood up, the sentry came running over, panting, his face flushed with excitement: "Political Commissar, they're here!"

The divisional political commissar was stunned and looked at his watch. "Why is it so fast?"

The sentry was still panting. "This time the troops were split into two groups, and now the team is not taking the route we expected."

"Is there another faster route?"

When the leader of the production team heard the sentry's words and combined it with the direction the sentry pointed, he patted his head and said, "I'm afraid it's the path to the northeast!"

After Gu Ye and the others arrived, they met with the production team leader and found that it was indeed that road.

The captain laughed immediately, "You guys are not against Old Man Zhao, right? Every time he comes to visit his daughter, he takes that road."

Before Gu Ye could say anything, Captain Wang excitedly said, "Yes! Our regiment commander said that when he was plowing the land with Mr. Zhao!"

"Oh, no wonder."

"Old Zhao has walked this road for decades, but he always walks alone. Apart from him, few people know how to get there."

When the divisional political commissar heard that Gu Ye had come up with the route when he was hoeing the fields with others, he laughed out loud: "Yes, the wisdom of the common people is also the wisdom and practice of a father."

When Captain Wang and his men heard Deputy Commander Gu being praised, they were extremely excited.

Deputy Captain Gu made a great contribution this time.

He knew that it was hard to say about the people transferred from the Capital Military Region, but those who could be transferred up from the lower levels were definitely better than ordinary people.

So just now everyone was hesitating whether to follow Gu Ye, and he took the initiative to extend his hand without thinking.

Captain Wang felt that he had made the right bet and was as excited as a monkey. He turned around and wanted to get excited together with Deputy Commander Gu.

As a result, when he turned his head, Gu Ye's expression was as steady as an old dog.

It seems that he has long been accustomed to being praised.

Captain Wang: “…” He was ignorant and lost his temper.

But he couldn't help it! Especially when he thought about the face of Lao Ma later, he was so excited that he wanted to stamp his feet!

After waiting for almost an hour, the remaining team arrived.

Captain Ma and his men had done their homework and had previous experience to draw on. In addition, Captain Ma was determined to replace Gu Ye as the acting regiment commander, so they arrived twenty minutes earlier than expected.

When he was almost there, he looked at the time and a determined smile appeared on his face.

I really wanted to run the last kilometer.

Seeing the sentry, he smiled and said, "Comrade! Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's what I should do."

After saying this, the sentry turned around and walked into the village with them.

Captain Ma was stunned. Why did the sentry leave? Shouldn’t he wait until everyone arrived before leaving?

Friendly reminder: "We are divided into two teams this time, and there is one more team."